| Description |
1 online resource (x, 245 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-232) and index. |
| Summary |
Examines the exponential increase in the United States of the most technological form of birth that exists -- the cesarean section -- and challenges most existing explanations of this unprecedented rise, arguing that there is a new culture within medicine that avoids risk or unpredictable outcomes and instead embraces planning and conservative choices, all in an effort to have perfect births. |
| Contents |
The Root of the Problem. The liability threat in obstetrics. -- Control Systems Embedded in Hospitals. The tyranny of the rules ; Too much information: how technology raises the stakes. -- The Effects of Organizational Constraints. The big kahuna: repeat c-sections ; Women's lack of choice in labor and birth. -- A roadmap for change. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cesarean section.
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Cesarean section. |
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Cesarean section -- Prevention.
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Cesarean section -- Prevention. |
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Surgical indications.
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Surgical indications. |
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Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Women -- Health and hygiene. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Morris, Theresa, 1956- Cut it out 9780814764114 (DLC) 2013015226 (OCoLC)841516535 |
| ISBN |
9780814763087 (electronic book) |
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0814763081 (electronic book) |
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9780814764114 |
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0814764118 |
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